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Nikon Corporation is a Japanese company producing photographic and optical equipment, such as consumer digital cameras and industrial optical machines and tools. Nikon distributes its products…

Founded in 1889, Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a multi-billion-dollar video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan with multiple subdivisions outside of Japan.

The Nintendo 3DS is a handheld game console manufactured and distributed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Nintendo DS. The Nintendo 3DS had five revisions: the Nintendo 3DS XL, New Nintendo…

The Nintendo Switch is a series of hybrid portable/home game consoles released by Nintendo since 2017 with the original Nintendo Switch. The most recent model in the series is the Nintendo Switch 2…

With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo has already exercised rights it reserved back in early May 2025. Nintendo blocking online services on certain Switch 2 devices effectively bricks…

Nintendo Switch Online (or NSO for short), is a paid online gaming subscription service for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, similar to PlayStation Network on the PlayStation consoles and…

With the release of Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo added encryption methods to the bottom of the consoles USB C port. Using a new encryption method as well as an encryption chip.

On May 8th, 2025 (with changes generally effective May 7th-8th, 2025), Nintendo released significant updates to its Nintendo Account User Agreement and Privacy Policy. These revisions introduced new…

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., commonly known as Nissan, is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. Founded in 1933, Nissan is one of the largest car manufacturers…

NissanConnect EV app shutdown refers to Nissan's phased discontinuation of the NissanConnect EV mobile application, which provided Nissan Leaf and Nissan e-NV200 owners with remote climate control…

Nissan has shut down down its 2G app for older electric cars in the UK on April 2024.

On May 5, 2025, Nitro Software, Inc. sent an email to perpetual license holders of Niro PDF, stating they would be revoking the licenses remotely.

Nitro Pro is a Portable Document Format (PDF) editing application and electronic signature software.

Nixplay is a digital picture frame brand founded in 2017 by Mark Palfreeman. In 2025, Nixplay customers lost access to features of their digital picture frame that were advertised as unlimited upon…

A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is a legal contract or part of a contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties wish to share…

Non-fungible tokens (also referred to as 'NFTs' or simply 'tokens') are a type of media centered around purely digital ownership backed through cryptocurrency infrastructure. Ownership of NFTs are…

NordVPN is a virtual private network (VPN) service provider owned by Nord Security. NordVPN heavily advertises their products on popular YouTube channels.

Notability forces new privacy policy on users who already bought the app to train its AI on the users own writing and recordings. Users are locked out of the application unless they agree to the new…

Founded in 2020, Nothing Technology Limited (stylised as NOTHING) is a British consumer electronics company headquartered in London. They manufacture consumer tech products such as smartphones…

Several users have reported a recurring issue with the Nothing Phone (1) where the Bluetooth functionality becomes inoperable. Affected devices are unable to activate Bluetooth, with the toggle…

Now TV (or simply "NOW") is a subscription service owned by Sky Group that streams Sky content such as sports, TV, and other media. It's available in countries around the world, including - but not…

NOYB – European Center for Digital Rights (styled as noyb, from "none of your business")is a non-profit organization based in Vienna, Austria, established in 2017 with a pan-European focus…

NProtect_GameGuard is an anti-cheat system developed by INCA Internet Co., Ltd.

Nvidia Corporation is an American technology company that designs and sells computer components such as graphics processing units (GPUs) for both commercial and enterprise use. It was founded on 05…

On 18 September, 2025, Nvidia and Intel jointly announced in a press release, Nvidia's $5,000,000,000 USD investment into Intel stock. Finalized on December 29, 2025, Nvidia purchased 214.8 million…

At the start of CES 2025, GamersNexus, a pro consumer tech publication channel, uploaded a video to their YouTube channel exposing Nvidia's scheme of threatening them.

The NZ coalition government has been pushing for surveillance of every vehicle in the country. With no opt out manual option this will record the location and movements of everyone who drives and…

NZXT, Inc. is an American computer-hardware manufacturer founded in 2004 and based in Los Angeles, California.

NZXT Flex is a electronics leasing service launched in 2024 by NZXT in partnership with Fragile (a Software company that provides "layered financing" and services on top of hardware subscriptions,)…

Oasis Water is a South African bottled water company that sells purified water to household consumers.

Octopus Energy is a UK energy supplier that took the market by providing a better level of customer service, they are highly rated on consumer review sites, particularly compared to the older…

Meta (formerly Oculus) recently prevented developers from providing updates to programs for Quest 1 through their store in addition to previous restrictions.

The Office of Communications (commonly known as Ofcom) is the United Kingdom’s communications regulator, responsible for overseeing television, radio, telecommunications, postal services, and the…

Okkazeo is a French company founded in 2007 that offers a consumer to consumer platform for board games enthusiasts. It allows board game owners to sell board games from their collections to…

OneDrive is a cloud storage service created by Microsoft in 2007 as SkyDrive and rebranded in 2014.

Oneplus (Chinese: 一加) is a Chinese electronics manufacturer, spun off from Oppo in 2013 as a separate brand. OnePlus sells smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, earbuds, and other accessories around…

With the launch of OxygenOS/Android 16 in November 2025, OnePlus released a set of AI tools built into the operating system. The AI Writer tool can be partially disabled, but doing so requires you to…

The OnePlus ColorOS 16.0.3.501 Anti-Rollback Fuse Incident refers to the January 2026 deployment of firmware updates by OnePlus that introduced a hardware-level anti-rollback mechanism. This…

OpenAI is an American Artificial intelligence (AI) focused company. Founded in December 2015, OpenAI is best known for their ChatGPT chatbot, also known for the Generative Pre-Trained Transformer…

OpenClaw (at openclaw.ai) is an open‑source AI agent platform that lets you run a powerful personal AI assistant on your own computer rather than in the cloud. It’s designed to be self‑hosted and…

Opera is a Chromium-based web browser developed by its namesake company Opera. Opera was released on 10 April 1995, making it one of the oldest desktop web browsers to exist.

Opt-outs are a way for companies to make it harder for consumers to control their data. With opt-out, the consumer has to notice that they have a choice, understand the choice, and do some action to…

Optimum is an American internet service provider (ISP) founded by Charles Dolan in 1973 as Cablevision. In 2004 the company would begin to use the Optimum branding.

Optus (aka Singtel Optus Pty Ltd) is an Australian telecommunications company headquartered in Sydney Australia. It is the second largest telecommunications company with 11 million customers.

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OtO Lawn is a company known for its smart irrigation and lawn care technology. Their OtO Lawn Solutions subscription model was discontinued during January 2025.

Otter.ai, Inc is a transcription software company. The company develops speech to text transcription applications using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Palantir Technologies Inc. is a data analytics company founded in 2003 with early backing from tech investor Peter Thiel and In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).